Things must have been different north of the border, because by the time I left the farm for the service in 1961, there were almost no diesel farm tractors of any size to be found in our area. I only know of one 560D, most 460 and 560s, which were in production at that time, were still gas. One of my uncles had a 560 gas when I was home on vacation a few years later (I got to run a baler with it) and Dad had a 460 gas from the mid-'70s until he passed on in '84. Mom kept it until she left the farm about 10 years later, when she gave it to one of my nephews who still has "Grandpa's tractor". I can't say about the "smoothness", but what has been said about rotating mass, governor response, etc. makes sense, but for sheer numbers, I'd bet there were way more gasers built than diesels through the 460/560 series. Even the 4 and 6 cyl. John Deeres were mostly gas in our area the first few years. After that, probably diesels outnumbered gas above 50-60HP in all brands.
added: Also, the R JD was a gutless wonder compared to the later 820/830.
This post was edited by IH fan at 14:18:41 06/15/09.
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